On February 2, 2015, it was announced that Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered Queen Sugar, a straight-to-series drama based on novel with same name by Natalie Baszile.Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey, who worked on the 2014 film Selma,DuVernay announced on January 27, 2016 in an interview that the series would feature an all-women directorial team.On February 15, 2016,Queen Sugar Seasons 1-2 Neema Barnette joined the series as director and producer.Award winning director Tina Mabry is a producer and will also direct two episodes, and Anthony Sparks,an award winning TV writer and professor, is a supervising producer for the series.Queen Sugar Seasons 1-2 DVD co-created the series, while DuVernay is set to write and direct Queen Sugar. The first season began film in February 2016.The first season will have 13 episodes.